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Who owns your block

900 block of N 13th St

A mixed-ownership block: 55% owner-occupied, 5% investor-held, with 1 home behind $4,704 on taxes.

The typical home here is up 194% since 2016, now about $282K. Property taxes are climbing about 12% a year though the increases have eased lately.

Every parcel on the block, colored by who owns it. Tap a parcel for the owner and its city record.

By the Numbers

Median value
$282K
$99K–$389K
ZIP median $455K
Price / sq ft
$262
typical home
city median $177
Vs. Philadelphia
1.3×
the city median
city $223K
Tax / yr
$3K
typical · up to $5K
city ≈$3K/yr
Median built
1996
year built
city 1925
Owner-occupied
55%
11 of 20
city 41%
Rentals
0%
0 licensed
city 15% of homes
Open violations
0
none on record
▼ block 0% · city 5%
Back taxes
$5K
1 of 20 behind
▼ block 5% · city 9%
Zoning appeals
1
1 home · ZBA & boards
block 5% · city 5%

How fast it's moving

1 year
-1%
value · tax +$387
5 years
+96%
value · tax +$2K
10 years
+194%
value · tax +$2K

Assessed-value change for the typical home. Philadelphia taxes a flat 1.3998% of value, so the bill moves with it.

The makeup of the block

Every home, plotted by size and assessed value — press play and watch the block reprice from 2016 to 2027. One bubble per house (area = lot size), colored by who owns it; a gold ring marks tax-abated new construction. Click a bubble for its report.

2027
  • Owner-occupied
  • Investor / LLC
  • Absentee
  • Vacant
  • Tax-abated
  • Bubble = lot size
  • → bigger interior  ·  ↑ higher value

Assessed values from the city's year-by-year assessment record — a proxy for price, lumpy in reassessment years.

How the block compares

The typical home here is $282K — about 1.3× the citywide median, and below the ZIP 19123 median of $455K. The same block, read against everyone else in the ZIP 19123 and across Philadelphia.

This blockZIP 19123Philadelphia
Median home value$282K$455K$223K
Owner-occupied45%23%41%

Safety & quality of life

Within 200 metres of the block over the last 12 months: 166 reported crimes (46 violent) and 168 resident 311 requests to the city.

Crimes · 12mo
166
46 violent · within 200m
311 requests · 12mo
168
46 still open

Most reported crimes

Narcotic / Drug Law Violations36
Other Assaults30
All Other Offenses19
Thefts16
Motor Vehicle Theft14
Vandalism/Criminal Mischief14

Top 311 complaints

Rubbish/Recyclable Material Collection27
Maintenance Complaint25
Abandoned Vehicle19
License Complaint12
Fire Safety Complaint10
Illegal Dumping10

Philadelphia Police incident reports and 311 service requests within 200m, trailing 12 months. Reported location, not necessarily where an incident occurred.

Schools

The public schools this block is zoned for — its official School District of Philadelphia catchments.

Elementary & Middle · K-8
Spring Garden
1146 Melon St · 247 students
High · 9-12
Benjamin HS Franklin
616 N 15th St · 975 students

Catchment assignments from the School District of Philadelphia via City of Philadelphia open data. Confirm with the District before enrollment decisions.

What it's worth, and where taxes are going

Median assessed value · 2016–2027

$0$250K$500K$282K2016: $96K2017: $96K2018: $94K2019: $120K2020: $144K2021: $144K2022: $144K2023: $273K2024: $273K2025: $296K2026: $286K2027: $282K2016202020232027

▲ +194% since 2016

Estimated property tax · per home, per year

$0$2,500$5,000$3,1102016: $9222017: $9222018: $9222019: $1,4032020: $1,3842021: $1,3842022: $1,3842023: $2,7022024: $2,7022025: $2,9962026: $2,7232027: $3,1102016202020232027

▲ +237% since 2016 · ~+12%/yr

Who really pays — effective tax rate, one dot per home

1.40% — the statutory rate0%0.4%0.8%1.2%

The block as an asset

Read like a financial asset, this block has beaten the Philadelphia market, compounding +10.3% a year against the city's 6.5%.

Indexed performance · this block vs. the Philadelphia market

9510050020162019202220252027This block 294 Philadelphia 201

Rebased to 100 in 2016, like a stock against its index. $100 in the typical home here would be worth $294 today versus $201 across Philadelphia — this block outpaced the market.

Annualized return
+10.3%/yr
price, since 2016
Total appreciation
+194%
since 2016
Net rental yield
est., after tax carry
Total return
+10.3%/yr
price + net rent
Real return
+7.3%/yr
after ~3% inflation
vs. Philadelphia
+3.8 pts
market 6.5%/yr

Return is from assessed-value history (a proxy for market price, lumpy in reassessment years); rental yield is estimated from ACS area rents. Informational only, not investment advice.

How often it changes hands

This block has recorded 3 arm's-length sales since 1997. The typical home has sold 0 times in that window, while 17 have not changed hands at all.

Every recorded sale · price & date

$0$100K$200K19982004201020162022
3arm's-length sales since 1997
0times the typical home has sold
1most sales for a single property
17homes never sold in the window

Who owns it

Ownership of 20 parcels

Owner-occupied: 11Vacant: 9 20parcels
  • Owner-occupied 11
  • Vacant 9

Value distribution today

5 parcels1 parcels3 parcels0 parcels1 parcels0 parcels10 parcels
$99K$346K+
OwnerOn blockOwns citywidePortfolio valueSource
City Of Phila (individual)53871$6561Mphila.gov ↗
Philadelphia Land Bank (individual)32498$133Mphila.gov ↗
Azhakathu Investment Group Llc11$99Kphila.gov ↗

House by house

All 20 homes on the block — value and 12-year trajectory, ownership, and the paper trail on the ones that were bought, built, torn down, or flipped. Sorted up the street; each links to its full city record — or download the roster (CSV).

Every house's assessed value, 2016–2027 — each line is one home

$0$250K$500K201620182020202220242026Block median
Each houseNew build / flipBlock median

Worth a look

AddressOwnershipValue & trendBd/BaSq ftBuiltSalesFlags
900 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a zoning permit in 2018. Owner-occupied $389K 3/1 1,260 1965 0
901-05 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $344K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
906 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $327K 3/1 1,260 1996 1
907 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2022. Owner-occupied $346K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
908 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a mechanical permit in 2017. Owner-occupied $324K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
909 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a plumbing permit in 2013. Owner-occupied $330K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
910 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a alterations permit in 2023. Owner-occupied $329K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
915 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a roof covering replacement permit in 2024. Owner-occupied $338K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
917 N 13TH ST Owner-occupied $338K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
919 N 13TH ST Owner pulled a bathroom & kitchen remodel permit in 2026. Owner-occupied $321K 3/1 1,260 1996 0
926 N 13TH ST Bought for $198K in 2024. Owner pulled a make safe permit for rp permit in 2025. Owner-occupied $244K —/— 2,064 1905 1 tax lien
928 N 13TH ST Vacant $162K —/— 0
930 N 13TH ST 2 L&I violations (2023); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $172K —/— 0 tax lien
932 N 13TH ST L&I violation (2024). Vacant $172K —/— 0 tax lien
934 N 13TH ST Vacant $172K —/— 0
936 N 13TH ST sold $27K (2014); L&I violation (2024). Vacant $99K —/— 1
938 N 13TH ST L&I violation (2024). Vacant $99K —/— 0
940 N 13TH ST Vacant $99K —/— 0
942 N 13TH ST L&I violation (2024). Vacant $99K —/— 0 tax lien
944 N 13TH ST Vacant $99K —/— 0

Neighborhood

Neighborhood income and demographics are coming soon.

Generated 2026-07-08 from public City of Philadelphia records  ·  Download this block's data (CSV)

Where this comes from

City datasets are fetched live from OpenDataPhilly (phl.carto.com) and cached briefly. AI-written passages are generated from these records only and rejected if they state a number the record doesn't hold.